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• 19 more suspected attackers arrested over two days in northern Rakhine
• Teenage maid is first to testify in Ava tailoring shop abuse trial
• As 96 refugees prepare to return from Thailand, Karen groups say it is too early for repatriation
• Capsized ferry did not have proper permits: vessel groups
• Gem scavengers protest crackdown
• WJP study: Rule of law improves slightly, still 98th out of 113
• Fanning fears and demonising Muslims: President’s Office propaganda reveals who is running the Rakhine State show
• 49 Kachin youths detained after attending agricultural training
• Charter change lies at the heart of the peace process stalemate

19 more suspected attackers arrested over two days in northern Rakhine Posted: 20 Oct 2016 11:13 PM PDT Nearly 20 additional suspects were rounded up by security forces in the two-day period from October 18 to 19, detained for their alleged links to the deadly attack earlier this month on three border guard posts in northern Rakhine State.

Teenage maid is first to testify in Ava tailoring shop abuse trial Posted: 20 Oct 2016 11:11 PM PDT One of the teenage victims who spent years as a tortured captive at a Yangon tailoring shop was the first witness called in the trial of six family members accused of abusing their housemaids. Ma Tin Tin Khine, 18, yesterday spent three hours recounting her experience for the court.

As 96 refugees prepare to return from Thailand, Karen groups say it is too early for repatriation Posted: 20 Oct 2016 11:06 PM PDT Nearly 100 Karen refugees will be repatriated to Myanmar from a camp in Thailand next week, according to government officials.

Capsized ferry did not have proper permits: vessel groups Posted: 20 Oct 2016 11:04 PM PDT Operators of the capsized Aung Soe Moe Kyaw 2 ferry did not have the appropriate licence to run the Chindwin River's Homalin-Monywa route on which it sank last week, according to local vessel associations.

Gem scavengers protest crackdown Posted: 20 Oct 2016 10:58 PM PDT Demanding a "beggars' charter", thousands took to the streets of the country's jade capital yesterday. Hpakant township resident U Kyaw Myint said more than 2000 people demonstrated in Lone Khin, near Hpakant town, against the nation's Gems Law.

WJP study: Rule of law improves slightly, still 98th out of 113 Posted: 20 Oct 2016 10:55 PM PDT Myanmar is failing slightly less egregiously to maintain rule of law this year, according to the World Justice Project's annual Rule of Law Index, which was released yesterday.

Fanning fears and demonising Muslims: President’s Office propaganda reveals who is running the Rakhine State show Posted: 20 Oct 2016 10:54 PM PDT Among all the murky reports to emerge from Rakhine State this week, one thing that is clear: When it comes to the biggest crisis to hit Myanmar since Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian led administration was elected, the military is undoubtedly running the show.

49 Kachin youths detained after attending agricultural training Posted: 20 Oct 2016 10:53 PM PDT The Tatmadaw has arrested 49 young people from Kachin State on their way back to their homes in Puta-o township after they visited the Kachin Independence Army-controlled border town of Mai Ja Yang.

Charter change lies at the heart of the peace process stalemate Posted: 20 Oct 2016 10:47 PM PDT Which comes first: amending the constitution and laying out the details of the long-promised federal Union? Or surrendering arms in a truly nationwide ceasefire? This chicken-and-egg quandary hits at the very centre of the peace process, which has come no closer to resolution even as the government and the Tatmadaw last weekend vaunted the one-year anniversary of the nationwide ceasefire agreement's signing.

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